IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Struggle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992ID037003
  • User Pedon ID: 92ID037003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992ID037003
  • User Site Association ID: ID703_DSM_pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0191
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65535
  • Print Date: 11/14/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 44.3661118
  • Std. Longitude: -114.9513855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 16
  • Location Description: Basin Butte Road.
  • State: Idaho
  • County: ID037—Custer
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44114-C8—Basin Butte, Idaho

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lott, SMC
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Struggle
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/1992
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/2/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 275-93
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABLA

    CAGE

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Carex geophila

    subalpine fir

    White Mountain sedge

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    30

    305

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    2621

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    160

    762

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    Oi—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 93P01517. no sample
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 10 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01517
    AB—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01517
    Bw1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 93P01518
    C1—28 to 64 centimeters (11.0 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; very cobbly loamy sand; 4 percent clay; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 93P01519
    C2—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very gravelly loamy sand; 10 percent clay; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence. no sample
    R—74 centimeters (29.1 inches); fragments. no sample